The Cleveland Guardians (89-65) serve as underdogs on the moneyline (-104) in Friday’s contest against the St. Louis Cardinals (77-76). The game starts at 8:15 p.m. ET on BSMW. The Guardians are favored against the spread in this one (1.5) with +158 odds.
Kyle Gibson takes the mound for St. Louis while Ben Lively is Cleveland’s starter for the contest.
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Cardinals and Guardians Betting Trends
The꧅ Cardinals have gone 37-36 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 50.7% of those games).
When 🌠plaꦕying as moneyline favorites with odds of -114 or shorter, St. Louis has gone 31-32 (49.2%).
T🥂he Guardians have been underdogs in 58 games this season and won 27 (46.6%) of t𓂃hose contests.
Cleveland has entered 50💜 games this season as the underdog by -104 or more and is 21-29 in those contests.
The Cardinals have played in 152 games with an over/under set, and have co🦩mbined with their opponents to go over the total 71 times (71-77-4).
The Guardians and their opponents have gone over the total this season in 67 of their 154 op🐼portunities.
Cardinals Stats & Insights
The Cardinals rank 24th in runs scor🦋ed with 626, 4.1 per game.
St. Louis is 23r꧟d in baseball with 156 home runs. They average one⛄ per game.
The Cardinals’ .246 batting average ranks 13th in MLB.
St. Louis strikes out 8.1 times per game, ꩵthe ninth-fewest mark i✱n the majors.
The 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by t꧂he Cardinals pitching ꦉstaff ranks 26th in MLB.
St. Louis’ 4.07 team ERA ranks 16th among all MLB pitching staffs.
Guardians Stats & Insights
The Guardians have scored 681 runs (4.4 per game) this season, which ran𒊎ks 14th in MLB.
Cleveland’s 175 home runs rank 13th in Major League Baseball.
The Guardians’ .238 batting average ranks 20th in the league this season.
Clevelan🐼d is one of the best teams in baseball at making contact this season, ranking fift𒅌h with an average of 7.4 strikeouts per game.
The Guardians average 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, e🍌ighth-most in the majors.
Cleveland has the fif𒊎th-best ERA (3.68) in the majors this season.
Cardinals Key Players to Watch
Gibson gets the start for the🍒 Cardinals, his 29th of the season. He is 8-7 with a 4.11 ERA and 144 strikeouts in 159 2/3 innings pitched.
Brendan Donovan leads St. Louis with a batting average of .277. He’s also hit 13 home runs with 68 RBI.
Alec Burleson leads Stꦚ. Louis in home runs with 21 and runs batted in with 73.
Nolan Arenado has collected 148൩ base hits, an OBP of .322 and a slugging percentage of .394 this season.
Masyn Winn has collected 148 hits this season and has an OBP of .315. He’s slugging .408 on the year.
Guardians Key Players to Watch
The Guardians will send Lively (12-9) to 🦂the mound for his 28th start this season.
Jose Ramirez has accumulated a team-best 35 home runs and 107 runs battꦕed in.
Josh Naylor is batting .244 with 26 doubles,﷽ 31 home runs ▨and 55 walks.
Andres Gimenez has 21 doubles, a triple, eight♊ home runs and 26 walks whi൲le batting .253.
Lane Thomas is hitting .241 with 26 doubles, thre𒀰e triples, 13 home runs and 43 walk𒈔s.
Cardinals and Guardians Injuries
Cardinals: Willson Contreras: 10 🎃Day IL (Finger), Lance Lynn: 15 Day IL (Knee), Drew Rom: 60 Day IL (Biceps), Keynan Middleton: 60 Day IL (Forearm)
Guardians: Steven Kwan: 10 Day IL (Undisclosed), Alex Cobb: 15 Day IL (Finger), James Karinchak: 60 Day IL (Shoulder),💛 Sam Hentges: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Shane Bieber: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Stephan: 60 Day IL (Elb⭕ow)
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